Woman+at+Point+Zero

**//Woman at Point Zero // by Nawal al Sadaawi **

A  useful site on some context to the novel Nawal al Sadaawi  and a link to her home page

Please go to the discussion page to respond to the thread I've started.

As with Chekhov, I would like you to undertake some pre-reading (or post, for those who have already read the novel) research on the author:  Make notes on the above. **DO NOT CUT AND PASTE INTO A WORD DOCUMENT**. You must get practise in note taking and summarizing information.  Produce a bibliography and reference your notes properly.
 * Biography – note significant dates and events in her life
 * Context – historical, geographical, social and political
 * What was happening during her life time that might have affected her writing?
 * How might where she was born and raised affected her writing?
 * What political events might have affected her writing?
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">Major works
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">What were her major publications and when?
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">How were these critically received?
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">Writing style
 * <span style="0cm: 0cm; color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">How would you categorise her writing? Find out what other critics have said about her work. Do you agree, from what you’ve read so far?

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